The Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge shone at the IUCN World Conservation Congress!

21 September 2016

The Challenge was represented at the WCC by six talented Prize Winners, including two Grand Prize Winners, here pictured with members of the Challenge team and Ted Schmidt of Vulcan.

On September 1, the Challenge headed to Honolulu, Hawaii, to attend the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress (WCC). Held every four years, the WCC is the world’s largest international conservation event and helps shape the future of conservation and sustainable development. The Challenge was excited to be part of it and to demonstrate how science and technology can fight wildlife crime.

The Challenge was proud to be represented at the WCC by six talented Prize Winners, including two Grand Prize Winners. Check out their amazing innovations!

In addition to connecting with other inspirational innovators and spreading the word about the global wildlife trafficking crisis, this formidable team of Prize Winners led and participated in a variety of sessions and events, most notably two sessions at the U.S. Pavilion, a public outreach space designed to inform participants of U.S. conservation programs.

Grand Prize Winner New England Aquarium and Prize Winners Planet Indonesia and the Zoological Society of London joined USAID’s Natalie Bailey onstage Sept. 2 for a session at the U.S. Pavilion.

On September 2, Grand Prize Winner the New England Aquarium and Prize Winners Planet Indonesia and the Zoological Society of London joined the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Natalie Bailey for a packed presentation at the U.S. Pavilion’s Tech Corner. Planet Indonesia’s Adam Miller, New England Aquarium’s Michael Tlusty, and the Zoological Society of London’s Louise Hartley impressed the crowd with their prizewinning innovations, which include an app designed to collect data from wildlife markets, a digital invoicing and data analysis tool, and an innovative new satellite-based wildlife surveillance system.

Grand Prize Winner the National Whistleblower Center and Prize Winners Binomial Solutions and Paso Pacifico joined USAID’s Natalie Bailey onstage Sept. 5 for a session at the U.S. Pavilion.

On September 5, it was Binomial Solutions, the National Whistleblower Center, and Paso Pacifico’s turn to take the stage at the U.S. Pavilion. Raja Bhushan connected live to Binomial Solution’s prizewinning e-Eye wildlife surveillance system, streaming real-time video of wild deer enjoying the morning sunshine in India. Grand Prize Winner the National Whistleblower Center, represented by Stephen Kohn, reminded the assembled crowd of how we each can impact the fight against corruption. And finally, Sarah Otterstrom showed the crowd real prototypes of Paso Pacifico’s fake sea turtle eggs, which come equipped with GPS trackers and will help address the poaching of these eggs.

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